Powered by a Harrison Sports Striper J shaft in his Adams 9.5-degree Redline driver, and a Harrison Pro 2.5 shaft in his Kasco three and five wood, Rodger Davis beat the field by four strokes to win the Toshiba Senior Classic on March 23. He shot rounds of 65-64-68 at the Par 71, 6,571-yard Newport Beach Country Club in Newport Beach, California.

Released for tour use on its second week, the Striper J shaft in Davis' driver helped him achieve the overall top ranking in Total Driving on the Champions Tour. He averages 277.8-yards-per-drive, which ranks eighth on the Champions Tour. The Harrison Striper J is a 60-gram, 3.9-degree torque, mid-launch, soft tip shaft made up of titanium-reinforced satellite grade graphite.

The Striper J is named after its co-designer, Jim McLean, noted instructor and frequent host of the Golf Channel's Academy Live teaching series.

"The Striper J was designed to produce a ïcrossbow' effect," Harrison Sports President Michael Cheng said as he congratulated Davis on his first Champions Tour victory. The Striper J shaft has a soft tip enhanced with integrated titanium wire to produce a fast shaft recovery, but with minimum tip twisting characteristics. The result is a shaft that generates a significant amount of kick on impact. In just its second week of release, it has become the fastest growing shaft on the tours.

On the PGA Tour at the Bay Hill Invitational, a Harrison shaft user finished second and was pushed to 29th on the Tour money list. The Washington native and Arizona resident continued his steady play on the PGA Tour, using rounds of 73-69-66-70 at the 7,239-yard, Par 72 Bay Hill Club in Orlando, Fla.

He uses a Harrison Pro 2.5 FL Lite shaft in his driver. It is made from x-7200 graphite with a boron-reinforced tip. It has a 2.5-degrees torque, and weighs 60 grams.

Another Harrison shaft user also tied for 7th place at the Bay Hill Invitational, a finish that jumped him to 58th place on the Tour money list. He uses Harrison Pro 2.5 XL 95 in two of his woods.

The third Harrison shaft user who sits in 11th place on the Tour money list for 2003, uses a Harrison Pro 2.5 Tour shaft to power his driver. Pro 2.5 Tour has a 2.5 degree of torque and weighs 80 grams.

The second place finisher at the Ford Championship at Doral pushed him into the Tour's top-10 money earners for 2003. His five top-10 finishes in 2003 lead the PGA Tour. He uses a Harrison Pro 1.8 Tour shaft. The shaft, designed for tour professionals, is made with boron-reinforced X-6200 graphite. It weighs 80 grams, with 1.8-degrees torque and a high flex point.

Harrison Shafts Earn 23 Top-10 Finishes in 2003

March has seen a parade of successful finishes by Harrison shafts on both the PGA and Champions Tours. Through March 23, Harrison shafts have claimed 11 top ten finishes on the PGA Tour and an even dozen top-tens on the Champions Tour. Whether in the clubs of a pro or the average golfer, Harrison Sports Shafts all are made to the same exacting specifications and tested, torqued and frequencied in the same way. Harrison is the shaft to play, as evidenced by its growing use on professional tours worldwide. Harrison shafts were used in more than 19 tour victories, including two majors, and more than 140 top-ten finishes. In 2003, Harrison Shafts have been used to record 23 top-ten finishes, including one victory.